IF all the Reason and Elo­quence that is dispersed in so many several heads and tongues as are in the whole World, were con­veyed into my Bra [...]ne, and united in my Tongue, yet I should want suf­ficiency to discharge that great task I am now enioined.

The restitution of your Majesty to the ex­ercise of Your just and most indubitable Na­tive Right of Soveraignty, and the delive­rance of your people from Bondage and Sla­very [Page 4] hath been wrought out and brought to pass, by a miraculous way of Divine Pro­vidence beyond and above the reach and comprehension of our understandings, and therefore to be admired, impossible to be ex­pressed.

God hath been pleased to train your Ma­jesty up in the School of affliction, where You have learnt that excellent Lesson of Pa­tience so well, and improved it so much for the good of your people, that we have all just cause for ever to bless God for it, and We doubt not but your Name is Registred in the Records of Heaven, to have a place in the highest from amongst those Glorious Mar­tyrs of whom it is reported, that through Faith in Christ and Patience in their Suffer­ings, they converted their very Tormentors, and conquered those Barbarous bloody Ty­rants, under whom they then suffered, inso­much as they themselves were many times inforced to confess and cry out, Sat est vicisti Gallilaeus, They had their (vicisti) and that deservedly, but Your Majesty must have a treble (vicisti) for with the same Weapons, Faith and Patience, You have overcome and conquered the Hearts and Affections of [Page 5] all Your people in Three great Nations, the Hearts and Affections of all that are wor­thy the name of good Christians or reaso­nable men.

'Tis God and God alone to whom be the Glory, that hath made Your Majesty so great a Conqueror, indeed your conquest is in­comparable, no story can instance the like, or furnish us with an Example to paralel it withal; 'Twas a Use and Custom amongst the Romans, when any of their Comman­ders had done eminent Services abroad, at their Returns, to honor them with Tri­umphs, and rideing through their streets, there they received the Praises and Applau­ses of the people, with this Inscription up­on their Laurel Crowns, (Vincenti Dabitur) But your Majesties victory is of another na­ture, and as it differs much from theirs in the quality of it, so your Triumph must differ as much from theirs in the manner of it; They conquered bodies, but your Ma­jesty hath conquered Souls; they conquer­ed for the Honor and good of themselves, but Your Majesty hath conquered for the Honor and good of your people; they conquered with force, but your Majesty [Page 6] hath conquered with Faith; they conquer­ed with Power, but your Majesty hath con­quered with Patience, and therefore God himself hath written your Motto, and in­scrib'd it upon your Royal Crown (Patienti Dabitur) Their Triumphs were in narrow streets, but your Majesties Triumphs must be in large hearts; their Triumphs lasted but for a day, but your Majesties Triumph must last for all your days, and after that to tri­umph in Heaven to all Eternity.

I have read of a Duke of Burgundy, who was called Carolus Audax, the Historian tells us that his Father was called Carolus Bonus, an Observator hath this note upon it, That Goodness doth ever produce Boldness; Sir, you are the true Son of such a good Father, and so long as You serve our good God, He who is goodness it self, will give you Bold­ness, a Princely vertue, and the best foil Your Majesty can use to set out the true lustre of all your other most eminent and lovely Gra­ces.

Most Royal Soveraigne, I have yet a few words more, and to doubt your Patience, who is the mirror of Patience, were to com­mit [Page 7] a Crime unpardonable, and fit to be excepted out of that Act of Olivion, which your Majesty hath so graciously tendred un­to your people; therefore with an humble confidence I shall presume to acquaint your Majesty, that I have it further in command to present you at this time with a Petition of Right, and humbly upon my bended knees to beg your Royal assent thereunto. Sir, it hath already passed two great Houses, Heaven and Earth, and I have vox Populi and vox Dei to warrant this bold demand. It is, That Your Majesty would be pleased to re­move your Throne of State, and to set it up in the Hearts of Your people, and as You are deservedly the King of Hearts, there to receive from your people a Crown of Hearts, Sir, this Crown hath three excellent and rare Properties, 'tis a sweet Crown, 'tis a fast Crown, and 'tis a lasting Crown; 'tis a sweet Crown, for 'tis perfumed with nothing but the incense of Prayers and Praises; and 'tis a fast Crown, for tis set upon Your Royal Head, by him who only hath the power of Hearts, the King of Kings; and 'tis a lasting Crown, Your Majesty can never wear it out, [Page 8] for the longer you wear this Crown, it will be the hetter for the wearing, and it is the hearty desires, and most earnest Prayers of all your Loyal, Loveing and Faithful Sub­jects, that You may never change that Crown till you change it for a better, a Crown of Eternal Glory in the highest Heavens, and the Lord say Amen.